Long Island Iced Tea refers to a powerful alcoholic concoction with various recipes usually incorporating vodka, gin, rum, cola and lemon. Not the type of tea for children or for the fainted heart, as a mixture of vodka, gin and rum is too much for those who are not drinking alcohol, but the name sounds so delicious.

Long John refers to a kind of long, slender doughnut, which can be filled with cream or custard. Long John is also known as a "Bismarck", perhaps after the name of big and long battleship called "Bismarck".

Long Beans refers to an exotic bean resembling a giant string bean. Long Beans have a mild flavor, but they are not a bean at all, but a member of the black eyed pea family.

Loup de Mer is the French for "Sea bass", a kind of fish.

- Loukanika (Sausage) : Loukanika sausage is a fresh lamb or pork sausage that is seasoned with orange rind. Loukanika is one of Greek's specialty. Moreover, Loukanika refer to Cyprus village sausages which are made from selected fresh pork meat, wine, salt and spices. The pork meat is minced, marinated with coriander seeds, black pepper and salt and then left to mature in dry red wine for 7-15 days so that the meat, spices and wine are perfectly blended. Filling the well-washed pork intestines requires skill and patience, a process that is interrupted every 15-20 cm of filled intestine for twisting in order to create the sausage sticks. The filled intestines are then left to dry under the sun for as many days as possible or smoked (Pitsilia Region) in specially designed rooms with fire of apple-wood, pinewood or any other tree of the Cyprus countryside. The whole process takes place for a period of 7-10 days, for 1-2 hours every day. Cyprus Loukanika, whether refrigerated or not, may be kept for long periods and may be consumed fried, baked, grilled, on charcoal or provided they have matured enough, raw as they have been dried from the sun.

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Luk Grawan (also known as Luk Krawan, Loog Gra-Waan) is the Thai for "Cardamon/Cardamom". Cardamon seeds/pods or Luk Grawan are the whole dried fruit of the cardamon plant which are used as a spice in many Asian cuisines that include Thailand. In Thai cooking, the white round pod is the preferred type of cardamon seed. These hard shelled pods contain tiny black seeds and are fragrant when cooked. Cardamon is a required ingredient for the famous Southern dish Masaman Curry. Khao Buri ('city' rice), a dish adopted from ancient Arab traders, is another Thai dish which includes this aromatic spice. Cardamon must be stored in a cool dry place in a glass or metal sealed container. They are available in the spice section of most supermarkets.

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